The Maya used so much red paint that they poisoned their water with mercury, mud sediments reveal
The Maya used so much red paint that they accidentally poisoned their lakes and waterways with mercury, a new study finds. The problem was cinnabar
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Tectonic forces near Japan helped fuel the formation of the Grand Canyon
A geological reorganization near Japan may have led to the formation of one of North America’s most recognizable features. The birth of the Gulf of
Women often get cold more easily than men — a mouse study offers hints why
It’s a common observation that women often prefer warmer temperatures and feel cold more easily than men do, and the same trend appears among females
I almost died from flu. My life didn’t go back to normal after.
In February 2011, Madi Allen, a healthy 12-year-old in Central Illinois, who loved playing sports, almost died from the flu. The influenza B virus resulted
Why do most cats hate it when you touch their belly, feet or tail?
Dogs typically love belly rubs and will roll on their backs to get more. With cats, it’s a different story: Most are visibly uncomfortable when
‘Life is too brief to leave this planet’: Live Science readers share whether they’d go to Mars, despite health risks
For centuries, Mars has been seen as a potential place for future human settlements. But long-duration space travel comes with serious risks to astronauts’ health
M30’s Sparkling Stars
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the globular star cluster called Messier 30 (M30), also called NGC 7099.
A Strange Quantum Theorem Has Killed Einstein’s Reality
One of a human’s earliest developmental milestones is an understanding of object permanence. It generally takes less than a year for a baby to realize
This may be the best evidence yet that dinosaur blood can fossilize
Imaging and chemical analysis of a 115-million-year-old dinosaur fossil points to blood cells. But some aren’t convinced.
This armored amphibian once lived and hunted on the seafloor
Gerrothorax maritimus, which existed about 237 million years ago, is the first ever amphibian known to have lived without access to land or freshwater.
Perfectly preserved owl fossil from 47 million years ago could help to solve a major evolutionary mystery
A fledgling owl that lived 47 million years ago in what is now Germany offers tantalizing new clues about when most of these birds became
50% of long COVID patients show improvement in 3 years — but the condition tends to linger in those with this subtype
Symptoms of long COVID ease in half of patients within three years of the infection that kicked off their illness. That’s the primary conclusion of
‘We’re looking at how a bear sees the world’: From forest trails to ‘Sims for Bears,’ researchers are learning how grizzlies navigate a fragmented wilderness
Across 53 challenging days between fall 2020 and spring 2021, a 360-pound (160 kilograms) young male grizzly bear nicknamed “Lingenpolter” tried to cross Interstate 90
Scientists removed the glare from a James Webb telescope image — and unmasked a hidden planet
When it comes to spotting planets orbiting distant stars, the biggest hurdle is often separating the signal from the noise — specifically, trying to distinguish